ngah

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /ŋa˦˧/

Pronoun

ngah

  1. my (1st-person singular possessive)

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 85

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-gaska, from *gʷm̥sḱéti; variant ngaj from a slightly different root (see ngaj), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“leave”). Compare English go, Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kikhánō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Sanskrit जहाति (jáhāti, “to renounce”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌 (zazāmi).

Verb

ngah (aorist ngaha, participle ngahur)

  1. to run, hasten, go quickly
    Synonym: ngaj

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of tengah.

Adverb

ngah

  1. (colloquial) apheretic form of tengah.

Noun

ngah (plural ngah-ngah or ngah2)

  1. (colloquial) apheretic form of tengah.

References

  • Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎[2], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29
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